Single Idea 20212

[catalogued under 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason]

Full Idea

Practical reason [phronesis] is a truth-attaining intellectual quality concerned with doing, and with the things that are good for human beings.

Gist of Idea

Practical reason is truth-attaining, and focused on actions good for human beings

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1140b21)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Nicomachean Ethics', ed/tr. Irwin,Terence (rev Reeve) [Hackett 1985], p.106


A Reaction

[tr. Greenwood] That sounds suspiciously like wisdom to me. Or maybe wisdom also has a contemplative aspect.